profesion? ‘Comparative polit‘current research focuses on state-soctety interactions by ex ‘ate hostile to groups that are physically mobile in 1936. Herecelved his BA. ‘old atthe time. Having been father was an avid Democrat a dhome the day FDR di DR supporter I had a cold and was at ard the annotincement on the radio fst and ‘was, of couse, away to honor my dead father. was the only Democrat in ‘my clase at Moorestown Friends’ School although ie was a Quaker schoo, ‘work-camps in Piladelphisand Washington, toa far wider range of expe ns Powe tt aoe Ps faces than I would have ever had in any other type of school. We visited ‘eftlement houses, dockworker meetings, mental institutions, a; You got your undergraduate degree at Williams College in 1958. What did you learn at Wiliams? thesis on German wartime mobilization during World War ‘ut thatthe Germans did not have double or triple factory right through with me, you haven't done anythinga JAMES c. scory es Ps andthe ot went oneby one toa) jen you started your graduate studies in 1961, Yale was probably Robert Lane cae many of the idea ofan Amen. ough God knows Iwas prety letring back then nd these words. Could you please ex: the second-year students gasped, “Oh Lam curious whether this early trp to Burma stimulated your subse. (quent interest in peasants and ural issues. Did you the countryside in Burma?’ A:Not realy, gin Burma, Thad 2 1940 Teumph resuscitated from a Burmese backyar, This old motor asin such bad the shock absorber tothefiont whee © When you got back from Burma, why did you change your plans and goto graduate schoo! in political science at Vale instead of attend ‘hool? Something that I repest ‘vere I got my fist job teaching ‘long and that I have to prove to these peo} ‘ment tosend my application aver tothe Po if they would have me, Idon‘t recall applying